26 Bar Ranch,
located in Eagar on State Route 260, is steeped in the history
of the Hereford industry. Back in the 1940's it was part of the
famous Milky Way Ranch. The big white show barn, under the hill
outside of town, has become one of the local landmarks. This
ranch and show barn have been the home for many top Hereford cattle that have made their mark in the Hereford industry. In more recent times the ranch has become noted as the 26 Bar Ranch or John Wayne's Ranch. The 26 Bar Ranch was started in 1964 by three forward-thinking businessmen. Along with Mr. Wayne, was Ken Reafsnyder (associated with Knott's Berry Farm in Los Angeles), and Louis Johnson (cotton farmer and businessmen from Stanfield, Arizona). After the death of John Wayne, the ranch was sold to Karl Eller with John Johnson staying on as general manager.

390th
Memorial MuseumFoundation, a non-profit educational institution, is to educate
the public regarding the history of the 390th Bomb Group and its
attached units, the 390th Strategic Missile Wing, the 8th Air
Force, 3rd Air Division, 13th Combat Wing, 95th Bomb Group, and
100th Bomb Group and any future operational organization
designated with the 390th cardinal number, and of these
organizations' activities and roles in the national defense,
through programs of collection; exhibition and interpretation;
preservation, conservation and restoration; education; research;
reference; and publication.

Apache County Historical Society Museumdescribes how first came the dinosaurs to the banks of the
Little Colorado River, and then the Indians. In (1540) Coronado
crossed the river near St. Johns and later descendants of the
Conquistadors settled here. Pioneer families arrived from the
East in the 1880's.

Founded in 1937 by William Shirley Fulton,
the
Amerind Foundation is a private, nonprofit 501(c)(3)
anthropological and archaeological museum and research center
dedicated to the preservation and interpretation of Native
American cultures and their histories. Located in spectacular
Texas Canyon in the Little Dragoon Mountains of southeastern
Arizona, the Amerind houses one of the finest private
collections of Native American art and artifacts in the country.
Go To Dragoon AZ Events on www.wildwestgazette.com

Arizona Capitol Museum
states "We Are Arizona's Museum." The Arizona Capitol Museum
brings Arizona history to life every day through exhibitions,
special events, and tours. More than 20 exhibits tell Arizona's
story from territorial days to the present.

Arizona Historical Society Museum
- Even as they carved out a territory in the remote Southwest,
Arizona pioneers were careful to pass on the legacy of their
achievements to future generations. For that reason, in 1864
the forward-thinking First Territorial Legislature incorporated
the Arizona Historical Society "to preserve the relics and paint
the wonders of the past."

The Arizona Military Museum
building itself is a part of Arizona’s military history. The
1936 raw adobe building housing the museum was built under the
USA Work Program as a National Guard Arsenal and was used as
WWII maintenance shops for German prisoners at the Papago Park
Prisoner of War Camp.

Butterfly Lodge
was built in Greer in 1914. The cabin's name ("Apuni Oyis" in
Blackfoot) was inspired by the countless butterflies in the
nearby meadows. It was the mountain residence and hunting lodge
of James Willard Schultz (1859 - 1947) and his son, Hart Merriam
Schultz, known as Lone Wolf (1882-1970).

The diminutive but strong mountain people
who lived here are called the "Mogollon." This Pueblo IV site
exhibits similarities in pottery and architecture to the Anasazi
of the Four Corners region. We know that Casa Malpais
was occupied for about 200 years, and it was mysteriously
abandoned about 1400 A.D.

For the ancient Hohokam Indians, who
farmed, hunted and lived in the Cave Creek area, the desert was
resource-rich. Game was plentiful. The Hohokam harvested
desert plants for food and shelter and they learned to control
the land by farming. Learn the history of cave Creek through
the exhibits of the Cave Creek Museum.

Students in the third and fourth grades
will learn interactive lessons utilizing the Chandler Museum
resources, and also have the opportunity to visit the museum.
The lesson plan will be incorporated into the social studies and
language arts classes.

The Children’s Museum of Phoenix
is opening June, 2008! Acting on the principle that learning
is a joy, the Children’s Museum of Phoenix’s mission is to
engage the minds, muscles and imaginations of children and the
grown-ups who care about them.

The mission of theClarksdale Museum is to collect, identify, interpret,
document and disseminate accurate information pertaining to the history of Clarkdale and to protect and preserve this history
and all related archives, artifacts and structures.

The Deer Valley Rock Art Center's
mission is to preserve and to provide public access to the
Hedgpeth Hills petroglyph site, to interpret the cultural
expressions found here and to be a center for rock art
studies.

The Desert Botanical Garden’s
commitment to the community is to advance excellence in
education, research, exhibition, and conservation of desert
plants of the world with emphasis on the Southwestern United
States. We will ensure that the Garden is always a compelling
attraction that brings to life the many wonders of the desert.

In 1886, General Nelson A. Miles
designated Fort Huachuca
as headquarters for the Geronimo campaign. Geronimo’s surrender
in August 1886 practically ended the Apache danger in southern
Arizona. Fort Huachuca was retained because of continuing border
troubles involving renegade Indians, Mexican bandits, and
American outlaws and freebooters.

Fort Verde State Historic Park
is the best preserved example of an Indian Wars period fort in
Arizona. Spanning from 1865 through 1890 Camp Lincoln, Camp
Verde and finally Fort Verde were home to officers, doctors,
families, enlisted men, and scouts. Fort Verde was the primary
base for General George Crook’s U.S. Army scouts and soldiers.

In 1979, the
Gilbert Historical Society was incorporated as a
non-profit corporation. In June 1980, the school building was
placed on the National Register of Historic Places. The old
elementary school building has been a Gilbert landmark for more
than 90 years, preserving an element of life dear to the
community. The Society owns the building thanks to the
generosity of Otto and Edna Neely and on May 15, 1982, the
Gilbert Historical Museum opened to the public.

The Hall of Flame Fire Museum
and the National Firefighting Hall of Heroes, located in
Phoenix, Arizona, has almost an acre of fire history exhibits,
with over 90 fully restored pieces of fire apparatus on display,
dating from 1725 to 1969.

Heritage & Science Park is a
City of Phoenix Park which consists of Historic Heritage Square
(home of the 1895 Rosson House and various historic buildings
that house museums and restaurants), Phoenix Museum of History
and The Arizona Science Center.

The International Wildlife Museum highlights over 400 species of insects, mammals and birds from
around the globe. Some of the collections are more than 100
years old and all the animals found at the museum were donated
by various government agencies, wildlife rehabilitation centers,
captive breeding programs, zoos and individuals.

Jerome Arizona's history is full of
stories. Jerome Historical Society
captured these stories which tell how the “Wickedest Town in The
West” got its name and how men who sought their fortunes in this
billion dollar mining camp lived, played and fought.

Mesa Historical Museum
is the museum that celebrates Mesa's past. We are located in
sunny uptown Mesa, Arizona.Thanks for Tuning In: The Wallace and Ladmo Show" will be on
exhibit at the Museum until August 31, 2009!

If you grew up in Arizona, you may remember the popular, long-running
television program, The Wallace and Ladmo Show. This exhibit
explores the history and fun facts of the local TV show that
captivated three generations of Arizonans.

The extensive
collection of theMesa Southwest Museumincludes exhibits on archaeology, anthropology, dinosaurs,
Native peoples, and art and culture, taking visitors on a
journey that begins with the solar system, moves through the Age
of Dinosaurs and into pre-Columbian and contemporary history.

Mesa Museum
tells the story, how on July 17
1878, Theodore Sirrine went to Florence to register Section 22,
now called the Town Center: the square mile from Mesa Drive to
Country Club and University to Broadway. There is some confusion
about early names for Mesa because of Post Office designations;
however, the town itself was always called Mesa City. Postal
authorities considered the name Mesa unacceptable at first, as
it was thought it would be confused with Mesaville on the San
Pedro River. The first Post Office name was Hayden's Ferry (not
to be confused with Tempe), operated by Fannie Macdonald in
1881. In 1886, the Post Office name was changed to Zenos. In
1889, the Post Office Department finally allowed the name Mesa
City.

Mohave Museum of History & Arts
history is equally as varied as it's diverse landscape. Peopled
originally by "The Forgotten Ones" and late by the Mohave,
Hualapai, Chemehuevi, Havasupai and Paiute Indians; it attracted
soldiers, missionaries, steam boaters, ranchers, railroaders,
miners; and all the merchants, schoolteachers and others who
helped to settle the area.

The Muheim Heritage House Museum,
a Registered National Historic site, was built by Joseph and
Carmelita Muheim beginning in 1898. The first four rooms were
completed in 1902. As the family grew, six more rooms were
added. The house was completed in 1915. Bisbee is a great little
Victorian town, and it makes San Francisco look flat.

The northern Arizona region has varied
and unique cultures, such as the Hopi, Navajo, Zuni, and other
Native American tribes that live on the Colorado Plateau. The
Museum
of Northern Arizona's
award-winning permanent anthropology exhibit, Native Peoples of
the Colorado Plateau, documents 12,000 years of occupation in
the region.

The Historic
Courthouse which houses the Navajo County Museum
and Chamber of Commerce Visitors Center is one of only two
Richardsonian Romanesque courthouses in the state and is listed
on the National Register of Historic Places.

Contains objects
and information at the Northern Gila County Historical Society
which will shed light on the cultural heritage, natural history,
history and prehistory of the region within a radius of 50 miles
of the Town of Payson, Arizona.

The
O.K. Corral,in Tombstone, Arizona, is the site of
the famous Gunfight at the O.K. Corral where Wyatt Earp, Doc
Holliday, Virgil and Morgan Earp fought the Clantons and the
McLaurys on October 26, 1881.Stand where the West's legendary gunfight began.Watch Wyatt and Doc in daily reenactments of the famous
gun battle.Visit
Doc Holliday's room.See the only photos ever taken of Indians as enemies on the
battle field when the Apache Geronimo conferenced with General
Crook in 1886.

The History of
Pharmacy Museum at the
University of Arizona College of Pharmacy grew out of the work
of Jesse Hurlbut, a former Tucson pharmacist and state pharmacy
board inspector, who meticulously collected pharmacy items from
around Arizona and elsewhere in the West.

Phippen Museum of Western Artis designed to preserve and exhibit museum
quality Western art and educate the public about the unique
heritage, history, legends and influence of art of the American
West.

Throughout
the history of Phoenix, the Phoenix Police Department has used a
number of different types of vehicles to get the job done. To
see some of the ones used in the past go to the Phoenix Police Museum.

See the
predecessor to the Phoenix Light Rail at the Phoenix Trolley Museum/Arizona Street Railway Museum
From 1887 to 1948 transportation in the City of Phoenix Arizona
was provided by the Phoenix Street Railway System. The System
founded by General Moses Hazeltine Sherman, utilizing horse cars
was converted to electrical power in 1893 and was, in large
measure, responsible for the pattern of real estate and other
development in the early days of the City. The City of Phoenix
acquired the street railway in 1925 and, as the result of a
successful bond issue, completely rebuilt the System and
purchased 18 modern Streetcars. The Streetcars were very popular
with the public and remained in operation until 1948 when they
were replaced by Buses.

Perhaps most
popular with visitors at the Pinal County Museumis the exhibit of early-day equipment used in
executions at the Arizona State Prison in Florence. Included are
the door to the gas chamber, the chair in which the condemned
sat and a "slack board" with a description of its use.

Our Western heritage in Arizona is
preserved for future generations at the
Pioneer Living History
Museum. The village houses 30 historic buildings from the 1880s
to the turn of the century. Most of them can be viewed and
experienced by the public.

Descendants of the Hohokam, the Pumas' as they were called by
the Spanish Explorers, designed an elaborate agricultural system
throughout their many villages by diverting the waters of the
Gila into canals that extended for miles into fields of crops.
In their own language they were the Akimel O'othom, or River
People. Rawhide Old West Museumis located in Rawhide Wild
West Town Chandler AZ

Riordan Mansionis an impressive
reminder of gracious living in a small, territorial
logging town. Built in 1904 for two Riordan families,
the Mansion is an The historic building is an Arizona
treasure - a remarkable example of Arts and Crafts style
architecture featuring a rustic exterior of log-slab
siding, volcanic stone arches, and hand-split wooden
shingles. The expansive home has forty rooms, over
13,000 square-feet of living area, and servant's
quarters. The Riordan residence was designed by the
creator of Grand Canyon's El Tovar Hotel, Charles
Whittlesey.

The story of Sahuaro Ranch Historic Area
begins with the completion of the Arizona Canal in 1885. The
canal stretched 44 miles across the Valley and opened up 100,000
acres of desert land to homesteading and irrigation farming.
Local land speculators promoted the Salt River Valley as the
future agricultural Mecca of Arizona. Sahuaro
Ranch's mission is the preservation and presentation of
the history of Sahuaro Ranch and the agricultural history of the
West Valley.

In July, 1991,
the Scottsdale Historical Society
opened the Historical Museum with displays of old photographs, a
classroom as it would have been in 1910, and other displays
depicting life in Scottsdale and the southwest.

Historically, Native people have been
portrayed in textbooks in narrow or inaccurate ways. Located in
the Smithsonian National
Museum of the American Indian;
Our Peoples, Native Americans tell their own stories—their own
histories—and in this way the exhibition presents new insights
into, and different perspectives on, history.

Priceless
artifacts contained in the Smoki Museum give clues about
the people who inhabited the Southwest long ago. Exquisitely
crafted works of art celebrate the life-ways of the indigenous
peoples who carry forward their traditions today.

The Sun Cities
Area Historical Society is
dedicated to the preservation and presentation of records and
artifacts through carefully designed exhibits that chronicle the
more than 40-year history of Sun City and the 25-year history of
its sister city, Sun City West.

William R.
Norton is considered to be the founder of Sunnyslope. It is
reported Mr. Norton and one of his daughters were enjoying a
buggy ride north of the Arizona Canal when she looked up and
exclaimed “What a pretty sunny slope. He liked the phrase and
named the area Sunny Slope. Visit the Sunnyslope History Museum and
Curtural Center.

Through the exhibits of The Superstition Mountain/Lost
Dutchman Museum get a
feeling of what the ol' west was really like back at the turn of
the century. The museum has a variety of exhibits and is open
364 days a year.

The Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation at
Taliesin West is
committed to advancing the ideas and principles of organic
architecture, organic education, and conservation of the natural
environment. The Foundation also seeks to preserve and enhance
the lifetime contributions and ideas of Frank Lloyd Wright, and
make available to the public opportunities to study and
experience organic architecture.

The Tempe
Historical Museum depicts
life in Cira 1870 the (Tempe) settlement grew quickly
and soon formed one community. The town was named Tempe in 1879.
"Lord" Darrell Duppa, an Englishman who helped establish
Phoenix, is credited with suggesting the name. The sight of the
butte and the wide river, and the nearby expanse of green
fields, reminded him of the Vale of Tempe in ancient Greece.

Founded on May 1,
1880 by John P. Clum, The Tombstone Epitaph is Arizona's second oldest
newspaper and Tombstone's oldest business.On October 26, 1881, the Epitaph the details of the
famous Gunfight at the O.K. Corral. Editor Clum was a friend and
supporter of Wyatt Earp.As Tombstone's Mayor, he hired Virgil Earp to be
Tombstone's Chief of Police.Visit the Epitaph's free newspaper museum and read the
original reports of the Gunfight, Tombstone's great fire, and
the surrender of the Apache Geronimo.Tour the Epitaph's historic newsroom and print shop and
learn how newspapers were printed in the 1880s.

Real gold nuggets. Real stagecoaches.
Real history. It's all at the seven Wells Fargo History Museums.
Here's your chance to travel to the past by exploring all the
rare and authentic exhibits. From 1858 on the stagecoaches of
the Butterfield Line, through wild days at Tombstone, to
extensive railroad service to the mines, Wells Fargo’s history
in Arizona is classic western history. The museum includes an
art gallery with the largest public display of illustrator N.C.
Wyeth’s western paintings. Exhibits include a baseball-size gold
nugget, an authentic Wells Fargo stagecoach and reproductions of
a gold mine, railroad depot and express office will bring the
Old West to life in Wells Fargo's newest museum.